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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers - October 7th, 1973
San Diego Chargers 21 at Pittsburgh Steelers 38
Sunday, October 7, 1973
San Diego Chargers 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 38| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (1-3-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (4-0-0) | 17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
Scoring
| SDG | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Ron Shanklin 12 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 7 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| PIT | Roy Gerela 38 yard field goal | 0 | 17 | |
| 2nd | PIT | Steve Davis 1 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 24 |
| PIT | Mike Wagner 0 yard fumble return (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 31 | |
| PIT | Ron Shanklin 37 yard pass from Terry Hanratty (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 38 | |
| 4th | SDG | Jerry LeVias 13 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 38 |
| SDG | Clint Jones 3 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 38 | |
| SDG | Robert Holmes 1 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) | 21 | 38 |
Team Stats
| SDG | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-167-2 | 38-154-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-35-193-1-4 | 9-23-145-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-12 | 1-13 |
| Net pass yards | 181 | 132 |
| Total yards | 348 | 286 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 13-90 | 6-39 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cid Edwards | SDG | 13 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 11 | 21 | 174 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clint Jones | SDG | 12 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Holliday | SDG | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry LeVias | SDG | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pettis Norman | SDG | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Robert Holmes | SDG | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Thaxton | SDG | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | SDG | 2 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Wayne Clark | SDG | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob L. Thomas | SDG | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 6 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Bradshaw | PIT | 7 | 16 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Lewis | PIT | 4 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 2 | 49 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Fuqua | PIT | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Hanratty | PIT | 2 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Franco Harris | PIT | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Carl Gersbach | SDG | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Howard | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie McGee | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Smith | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Dockery | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Glen Edwards | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preston Pearson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Rowser | PIT | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Wagner | PIT | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||